I finally got around to creating a myspace page (in order to secure a gig at a local coffee shop!). The site includes mp3s of a rotating group of 6 pieces, including some songs that I regularly sing at local gigs (and which have not been studio recorded yet), as well as excerpts from my other CDs. Here is the myspace page .

December 2008

Tim steps up to the microphone

I have succumbed to a common disease in Austin, Texas; it seems that, after a few years of living here, everyone becomes a singer/songwriter(!) I have, in a way, returned to roots that go back to my childhood, writing songs and accompanying myself on guitar. Most of these gigs are in local coffee shops, playing for free for whoever walks in. The most recent schedule can be found on this website, on the Performance Schedule . If you're in the area, come on out and say hello!

October 2008

Paid digital downloads of "By My Side" surpass 1,000

Paid digital downloads of the pieces from the CD By My Side has topped 1,000! All pieces from this CD, which contains original sacred songs, arrangements of sacred songs, and arrangements for solo classical guitar of traditional Christian hymns, can be heard in excerpt at CD Baby and are available in digital format from many online vendors, including iTunes, Amazon.com, and eMusic. Original scores and arrangements are available from this site.

September 2008

Paid digital downloads of "Music for Solo Guitar" surpass 1,000

Paid digital downloads of the pieces from the CD Music for Solo Guitar has topped 1,000! All pieces from this CD, which contains original and arranged pieces for solo classical guitar, can be heard in excerpt at CD Baby and are available in digital format from many online vendors, including iTunes, Amazon.com, and eMusic. Original scores and arrangements are available from this site.

July 2008

"Water Over Glass" rights purchased by The Childbloom Company

The rights to my guitar quartet "Water Over Glass" have been purchased by The Childbloom Company, a comprehensive musical education program of national scope for children between the ages of 5 and 12. According to Austinite and Childbloom founder Kevin Taylor, "Water Over Glass" will be "a fine addition to our performance curriculum." The top performance ensemble for Austin's Childbloom program is Austin Bella Corda. Here is a video of Austin Bella Corda performing this piece.

Fully paid digital downloads (not counting paid listens) of the pieces from the CD Songs of Healing has topped 1,000! All pieces can be heard in excerpt at CD Baby and are available in digital format from many online vendors, including iTunes, Amazon.com, and eMusic. All scores are available from this site. The most popular download? "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing," followed closely by "Amazing Grace" and "Be Thou My Vision."

February 2008

"Be Thou My Vision" licensed for upcoming DVD

Imago Relationship Therapy, based on the work of Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, has licensed my arrangement and recording of "Be Thou My Vision" to use in the soundtrack of a soon to be released DVD. The recording, score, and links to downloadable mp3s of the recording are available here.

April 2007

High School Advanced Ensemble performs "Water Over Glass," wins First Place at Guitar Fesetival Competition

The Advanced Guitar Ensemble at McCallum High School (a magnet arts school) in Austin, Texas performed my guitar ensemble piece Water Over Glass at the Guitar Ensemble Festival competition in Brownsville, Texas, winning first place in the high school division. The competition included guitar ensembles from several states. The score is available from The Childbloom Company.

December 2006

Digital downloads surpass 1,000

The total digital downloads from the pieces from my four CDs has topped 1,000. All pieces can be heard in excerpt at CD Baby and are available in digital format from many online vendors, including iTunes and eMusic.

Susan
Marshall &
Company has licensed my solo guitar piece "Prelude No.3" to
use as musical accompaniment to a set of dance pieces they will perform
for the upcoming year.
Other composers with whose works Prelude No.3 will share the stage
include Philip Glass and David Byrne.

November 2005

Tim
releases third CD

I have released my third CD, Songs of Healing,
containing 15 Christian hymns arranged for solo classical guitar, all of which
I arranged and performed. This album includes 5 hymns
originally recorded on my earlier CD By My Side.

July 2005

TodaysComposers.com
accepts "Prelude No.2" for podcast

Today's
Composers,
a web service providing podcasts of new music by contemporary
composers, has accepted
my solo guitar piece Prelude No.2 for podcast.

February 2005

Tim
releases second CD featuring Matt
Hinsley

I have released my second CD, Music for Solo
Guitar, containing nine original compositions and two folksong
arrangements for solo classical guitar, all performed by award-winning guitarist Matthew Hinsley.

I have released my first CD, By My Side,
containing seven Christian songs and five Christian hymns I arranged for
solo classical guitar. The songs feature vocals by Hilary Kaufmann
Smith; three of the songs are new compositions. I performed all the guitar work
on the CD.